http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=mvz_bird_ggbn Carla Cicero Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Staff Curator of Birds

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(510) 642-7868 ccicero@berkeley.edu http://mvz.berkeley.edu Carla Cicero Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Staff Curator of Birds

3101 Valley Life Science Building Berkeley CA 94720-3160 US

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(510) 643 1617 bowie@berkeley.edu http://mvz.berkeley.edu pointOfContact 2021-07-01 eng The MVZ bird collection is one of the largest in the United States. It houses over 185,000 catalogued specimens, including 174 holotype and 2 syntypes. The majority of specimens are study skins, but the collection also contains over 21,000 skeletal specimens and 3,200 fluid-preserved specimens. Other types of preparations include flat specimens (wings, skins) and body skins with skeletons ("schmoos"). Tissues, anatomical parts (e.g., syrinx, stomach contents), and parasites are routinely preserved with specimens. Many specimens also are associated with cataloged audio recordings. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Bird_Collection.html The MVZ bird collections are global. Geographic strengths are western North America from Alaska and British Columbia through southern Mexico. In addition, there are major series of specimens from Central America (especially Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica), South America (in particular, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Argentina), the Hawaiian Islands, the South Pacific, Australia, and Africa. -180 180 90 -90 The collection is taxonomically synoptic, with representatives of every Recent order of birds. For most orders there is at least 70% representation at the generic level. class Aves monthly Carla Cicero Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Staff Curator of Birds

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(510) 642-7868 ccicero@berkeley.edu http://mvz.berkeley.edu 2013-01-15T00:49:08.830+00:00 dataset Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), University of California, Berkeley 1832 to present http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?id=mvz_bird_ggbn/v43.5.xml